Barolo, Rocche Rivera
    Luigi Oddero

    Barolo, Rocche Rivera, 2015

    90/100
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    Available Vintages
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    1. 2015

      6x75cl

      DP

      £618.32

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Lifted, finely-scented red alpine berry fruit. Incredibly focused and bright. Salty and tangy with a pin point precision and firm, fine-grained tannin. The richness comes in waves after the taut and vital attack. Sweet but jewel-like alpine strawberry and red cherry fruit haunt the exhilarating and expansive finish. Artful, fine-tuned Barolo. Rocche Rivera is the historic name for a fabulous little-known plot within the Scarrone vineyard that is a continuation of the famous Rocche vineyard of Castiglione. Sitting above and to the right of Roagna’s Pira. The poor soils and east facing exposure make for a wine that favours elegance, freshness and minerality over power and body.

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    Critic Reviews

    90/100
    Antonio Galloni,
    Vinous
    The 2015 Barolo Rocche Rivera is a powerful, wild wine. Game, smoke, iron, tobacco and grilled herb notes, along with the wine's rather coarse tannins, all amplify an impression of rusticity that runs through this potent, tannic Barolo. I would give the 2015 at least a few years in bottle to come together, but I imagine it will always be a bit rough around the edges.
    drinking window 2020 - 2035
    date of review 02/2019

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    Specifications

    Country:
    Italy
    Region:
    Piedmont
    Appellation:
    Barolo
    Producer:
    Luigi Oddero
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Nebbiolo
    abv:
    14.5%

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